Chapel St Leonards Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.21° N 0.35° E

Chapel St Leonards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Chapel St Leonards sea temperature is
17.0°C
3.0° 

Chapel St Leonards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Chapel St Leonards today (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 3s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Chapel St Leonards at 12PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (26 Sep)1ft (0.3m)3s

Table - waves today at Chapel St Leonards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
—
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
9
0.4
SSE
3
0.4
SSE
3
0.5
SE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.4
S
3
0.5
ESE
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.6
NW
3
0.4
NNW
4
0.4
N
4
0.4
N
5
0.3
N
5
0.3
N
5
0.1
N
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
4
4
5
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
6
7
4
4
3
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
on
High Tide
6:49PM5.32m
6:53AM5.68m
7:20PM5.53m
7:27AM5.86m
7:52PM5.62m
Low Tide
12:48PM0.18m
00:59AM0.60m
1:20PM-0.05m
1:33AM0.38m
1:54PM-0.13m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:50
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6:52
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6:52
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6:47
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6:45
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6:44
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Temp °C
13
13
14
17
19
19
18
16
14
14
15
19
20
20
17
14
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
10
10
11
13
15
16
14
12
10
10
11
16
18
16
13
11
8
9
11
12
11
11
11
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